Paraplegic Seunghwan Kim – the engineering lab's staff researcher – served as pilot for the 2024 Cybathlon's exoskeleton competition. Though some teams made the trip to Switzerland to compete, Professor Kong's team elected to live broadcast its attempt from special facilities of the company he set up in 2017 to commercialize wearable robots, Angel Robotics.

Teams were challenged with completing various missions within a tight time slot, including "moving by sidesteps between narrow chairs, moving boxes, walking freely unassisted by crutches, passing through a narrow door and closing it behind, and working on food preparation in the kitchen."